Larisa Gvaramadze is an active woman who works as a teacher in the school and at the same time is involved in cattle breeding in the village of Toloshi, Aspindza Municipality. To expand her activities Larisa participated in a new initiative of the UN Women and Taso Foundation. With its help, she purchased an additional cow. Larisa produces natural and very tasty dairy products including cheese and milk and sells them in the local market of Akhaltsikhe.
In the future, Larisa plans to expand her production and wants to offer consumers other dairy products as well, such as cottage cheese, “Nadughi” and sour cream.
The project “Women’s Economic Empowerment project through Social Mobilization and Capacity Building” is part of the UN Women’s regional project “Women’s Economic Empowerment in the South Caucasus”, supported by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC). The project “Women’s Economic Empowerment project through Social Mobilization and Capacity Building” is implemented by Kakheti Regional Development Foundation (KRDF), Taso Foundation (TF), and CARE Caucasus (CARE).
Women's Initiatives
Women's initiatives funded under the project "Women's Ecnomic Empowement through Social Mobilization and Capacity Building (WEE)"